THE  STORY  OF  POCAHONTAS 
AND  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH^ 


TOLD  AND  PICTURED  BY  E.  BO  YD  SMITH 


HOUGHTON    MIFFLIN    COMPANY 

BOSTON    AND    NEW   YORK 


COPYRIGHT,  1906,  BY  E.  BOYD  SMITH 
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Published  November,  1906. 


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LIST  OF  COLORED  PLATES 


PLATE 

1.  POCAHONTAS 

2.  JOHN  SMITH 

3.  HOW   CAPTAIN   JOHN   SMITH 

WON  HIS  SPURS 

4.  STRANGE   TALES   OF   A 

STRANGE  PEOPLE 

5.  THE  COMING  OF  THE  WHITE 

MAN 

6.  THE  LANDING  OF  THE  COLO 

NISTS— 1607 

7.  THE  AMBUSH 

8.  BATTLE  WITH  THE  INDIANS 

9.  CAPTAIN      JOHN      SMITH     A 

PRISONER 
10.     THE  DANCE  OF  VICTORY 


PLATE 

li,  12.  POCAHONTAS  SAVES 
CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH'S 
LIFE 

13.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  AGAIN 

FREE 

14.  POCAHONTAS   BRINGS   FOOD 

TO  THE  COLONISTS 

15.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  GOES 

IN  SEARCH  OF  CORN 

16.  POCAHONTAS'S  WARNING 

17.  CAPTAIN       JOHN        SMITH 

SAILS     FOR     ENGLAND 

18.  POCAHONTAS  IS   CAPTURED 

BY  ARGALL 

19.  MARRIAGE  OF  POCAHONTAS 


PLATE 

20.  THE  LANDING  OF  POCAHON 
TAS  IN  ENGLAND 

21,22.  POCAHONTAS  AT  THE 
COURT  OF  JAMES  THE 
FIRST 

23.  THE  MEETING  OF  POCAHON 

TAS    AND    CAPTAIN   JOHN 
SMITH 

24.  CAPTAIN  JOHN   SMITH  GOES 

TO  SEA  AGAIN 

25.  POCAHONTAS      LONGS      FOR 

HOME 

26.  THE  END  OF  THE  STORY  OF 

POCAHONTAS 


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THE   STORY  OF  POCAHONTAS   AND 
CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH 

1.  POCAHONTAS 

Long,  long  ago,  when  the  Indians  ownj|d  the  land,  there 
lived  in  Virginia,  near  the  river  afterwards  called  the  James,  a 
little  girl,  the  Princess  Pocahontas,  daughter  of  the  great  chief 
Powhatan. 

Pocahontas  was  her  father's  favorite  child,  and  the  pet  of 
the  whole  tribe ;  even  the  fierce  warriors  loved  her  sunny 
ways. 

She  was  a  child  of  nature,  and  the  birds  trusted  her  and 
came  at  her  call.  She  knew  their  songs,  and  where  they  built 
their  nests.  So  she  roamed  the  woods,  and  learned  the  ways 
of  all  the  wild  things,  and  grew  to  be  a  care-free  maiden. 


2.  JOHN   SMITH 

In  far-away  England  was  a  doughty  youth,  John  Smith, 
who  dreamed  of  battle  and  adventure.  Though  but  a  boy, 
he  had  already  fought  as  a  soldier  in  the  wars  of  France,  and 
later  in  Flanders. 

And  these  two,  the  wild  little  Indian  girl  and  the  warrior 
boy,  now  so  far  apart,  in  time  were  to  meet  and  become  great 
friends. 

At  home  again  in  Lincolnshire  after  dangerous  travels,  the 
youth  still  longed  for  the  strife  and  glory  of  the  fray. 

He  retired  to  a  quiet  spot  in  the  wood,  and  lived  in  a  camp 
of  his  own  making,  where  he  read  tales  of  war  and  knights- 
errant,  and  in  his  enthusiasm  fought  imaginary  enemies.  At 
last  he  could  bear  dreaming  no  longer,  and  started  off  again  to 
roam  the  world  in  search  of  adventure. 


3.  HOW  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  WON  HIS  SPURS 

He  journeyed  across  France  to  join  the  armies  Turks,  who  held  it,  challenged  any  captain  among 

fighting  the  Turks,  but  was  robbed  on  the  way  the  besiegers  to  come  out  and  fight  one  of  their 

by  false  companions,  and  suffered  much  hard-  champions. 

ship.  At  last  he  reached  Marseilles,  where  he  Captain  John  Smith  was  chosen  to  meet  the 
took  ship  with  a  party  of  pilgrims  going  to  the  Turk,  and  on  a  field  before  the  town  they 
East.  A  great  storm  arising,  the  pilgrims  super-  fought,  and  the  Turk  was  beaten  and  lost  his 
stitiously  blamed  him  for  it,  and  threw  him  over-  head.  On  the  next  day  another  Turk  challenged 
board.  By  good  fortune  he  was  able  to  swim  to  the  victor  and  was  also  overthrown.  And  then 
a  small  island,  whence  he  was  soon  rescued  by  came  still  a  third,  who,  after  a  desperate  battle, 
a  Breton  ship.  He  stayed  for  some  time  on  this  met  the  same  fate  as  the  other  two.  For  this 
ship,  taking  part  in  a  sea  fight  with  a  Venetian  brave  service  Prince  Sigismund  gave  the  Cap- 
vessel,  and  received,  after  the  victory,  a  share  of  tain  a  coat-of-arms  with  three  Turks'  heads  as 
the  spoils.  the  device.  And  thus  Captain  John  Smith  won 

Now,  with  money  again  in  his  pocket,  he  wan-  his  spurs. 

dered   through  Italy,  and  then  crossed  over  to  But  after  this  he  was  less  fortunate,  for,  being 

Styria.      Here  he  joined  the  army  of  the  Em-  wounded,  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Turks 

peror  Rudolph  and  was  appointed  captain  of  a  and  made  a  slave.    In  time,  however,  he  escaped 

company  of  cavalry,  and  did  good  service.  and  fled  to  Russia,  and  from  thence  at  last  found 

During  the  siege  of  the  town  of  Regal,  the  his  way  home  to  England  again. 


4.  STRANGE  TALES  OF  A  STRANGE  PEOPLE 
Meanwhile  Pocahontas,  now  grown  to  be  a  girl  of  some 
twelve  years,  often  listened  eagerly  to  the  stories  of  the  old 
men  of  her  tribe,  who,  on  these  warm  spring  days,  sat  and 
smoked  together,  and  told  of  the  things  they  had  done  and 
seen  long  ago.  Some  remembered  a  white-faced  people 
who,  nearly  twenty  years  before,  had  come  to  Roanoke 
Island  from  no  one  knew  where,  —  men  with  yellow  hair, 
dressed  from  head  to  foot  in  cumbrous  garments,  and  bearing 
wonderful  weapons  which  spat  out  fire,  with  much  noise. 
Many  believed  them  gods,  while  others  thought  they  were 
devils.  And  Pocahontas  listened  in  wonder,  ever  curious  to 
hear  of  this  strange  people  so  unlike  her  own.  The  old  priest 
mournfully  prophesied  that  the  strangers,  being  of  some 
mighty  race,  would  come  again  from  out  the  great  waters 
and  overrun  the  whole  land. 


5.  THE  COMING  OF  THE  WHITE  MAN 
And  scarcely  had  he  spoken  when  it  seemed  that  his  warn 
ing  had  come  true,  for  runners,  wildly  excited,  cried  out  that 
a  fleet  of  mighty  winged  canoes  had  been  seen  afar  on  the 
ocean,  advancing  like  great  clouds. 

Then  Pocahontas,  with  many  of  her  people,  hurried  to  the 
hills,  and  there,  overlooking  the  sea,  they  saw  in  truth  three 
strange  craft  slowly  sailing  up  the  bay. 

These  were  the  ships  from  England,  bringing  a  new  col 
ony,  a  band  of  pioneers,  and  adventurers  in  search  of  gold,  to 
take  possession  of  the  broad  lands  of  America. 


6.  THE  LANDING  OF  THE  COLONISTS—  1607 
That  night  the  ships  dropped  anchor  in  the  bay.  On  the 
morrow  the  colonists  disembarked,  and  Captain  Gosnold,  their 
leader,  claimed  the  land  in  the  king's  name.  Among  the  first, 
as  one  of  the  Council,  was  Captain  John  Smith,  who  had  again 
left  home  in  quest  of  adventure  and  glory,  this  time  in  the  new 
world.  To  the  eyes  of  the  weary  travelers,  after  their  long 
voyage  across  the  sea,  Virginia,  on  that  bright  April  day, 
seemed  a  land  of  promise.  With  great  hopes  and  renewed 
courage  they  set  to  work  to  build  the  town  which  they  called 
Jamestown,  in  honor  of  their  king,  —  a  town  which  lives  to 
this  day. 

But  after  a  time  they  grew  dissatisfied,  for  they  failed  to  find 
the  gold  mines  they  had  hoped  for.   And  they  became  dis 
couraged,  and  quarreled,  and  things  began  to  go  ill  with  them. 
To  make  matters  worse  Captain  Gosnold  after  a  few  months 
sickened  and  died. 


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7.    THE  AMBUSH 

Fortunately  for  the  good  of  the  colonists,  who  had  completely 
lost  heart  and  were  anxious  to  give  up  the  undertaking,  Cap 
tain  John  Smith  soon  became  their  leader.  Ever  active  and 
enterprising,  he  inspired  the  others  by  his  example.  He  vig 
orously  put  things  in  order,  and  set  the  idlers  to  work  to  com 
plete  their  half-finished  houses,  and  to  build  the  forts  to  protect 
them  from  the  Indians,  who  now  showed  a  warlike  spirit. 

Next  he  went  off  to  explore  the  country,  and  to  trade  with 
the  natives  for  corn,  for  the  settlers  began  to  lack  food. 

On  one  of  these  expeditions,  when  he  had  gone  ashore  with 
an  Indian  guide,  a  band  of  hostile  braves,  who  had  been  on 
the  watch  among  the  trees,  lay  in  wait  to  attack  him,  led  by 
Opekankano,  Pocahontas's  uncle,  while  he,  unconscious  of 
their  presence,  gave  orders  to  his  men  to  stay  by  the  boat  and 
keep  a  sharp  lookout  for  danger. 


8.   BATTLE  WITH  THE  INDIANS 
Suddenly,  in  the  heart  of  the  deep  woods,  the  stealthy  red 
skins  sprang  upon  him,  shrieking  like  fierce  beasts  of  prey. 
And  in  a  moment  the  arrows  flew  thick  and  fast. 

Captain  John,  though  taken  unawares,  made  a  brave  fight, 
gravely  wounding  two  of  his  enemies  with  his  pistols,  and 
protecting  himself  from  the  arrows  by  holding  his  Indian 
guide  in  front  of  him,  as  a  buckler. 

But  there  were  too  many  against  him,  and  as  he  could  not 
beat  them  off  he  tried  to  retreat  to  the  boat,  always  shielding 
himself  with  the  guide.  Unfortunately,  just  as  escape  seemed 
near,  he  stumbled  into  a  swamp  and  was  held  fast  by  the 
heavy  bog,  and  chilled  by  the  cold  water.  Being  thus  help 
less  he  was  forced  to  surrender,  and  the  triumphant  Indians 
seized  him  as  their  prisoner. 


9.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  A  PRISONER 
At  first  they  decided  to  kill  him  at  once,  then  some  thought 
it  better  to  lead  him  to  their  village,  that  the  whole  tribe  might 
rejoice  in  the  triumph.  But,  as  one  of  the  Indians  shot  by 
the  Captain  had  in  the  meantime  died,  the  more  impatient 
clamored  for  speedy  vengeance.  So  they  bound  him  to  a  tree 
to  use  as  a  target. 

Now,  as  the  arrows  began  to  strike  dangerously  near,  Cap 
tain  John,  ever  quick-witted  and  resourceful,  brought  forth  his 
pocket  compass  and  showed  the  Indians  the  dancing  needle ; 
and  when  they  found  they  could  not  touch  it,  because  of  the 
glass,  they  were  amazed,  for  of  course  they  had  never  seen 
glass  before,  and  could  not  understand  it.  A  feeling  of  awe 
crept  over  them ;  they  thought  him  a  magician,  and  were 
afraid  to  kill  him.  So  at  last  they  marched  him  off  in  their 
midst,  through  the  forest,  to  consult  with  the  rest  of  the  tribe 
as  to  what  should  be  done  with  him. 


10.  THE  DANCE  OF  VICTORY 

They  carried  their  prisoner  from  village  to  village,  while  at 
every  moment  he  looked  for  death,  until  at  last  they  came  to 
their  great  town,  Werowacomo,  where  king  Powhatan  lived. 
And  here  they  celebrated  their  victory  by  savage  pomps  and 
conjurations.  They  tied  the  Captain  to  the  ceremonial  stake, 
then,  all  painted  and  decorated  in  their  fiercest  and  most  hid 
eous  war  paint  and  trappings,  they  danced  their  wild  dance  of 
triumph.  Shouting  and  jumping,  they  brandished  their  war 
clubs  in  his  face,  whirling  round  and  round  their  captive,  like 
so  many  demons,  each  more  frightful  than  the  other.  But, 
since  they  did  not  kill  him  at  once,  Captain  John,  nothing 
daunted,  kept  them  wondering,  by  telling  strange  stories  of 
the  sun,  the  stars,  and  the  world  over  the  sea,  and  though  the 
Indians  could  understand  but  little  they  hesitated,  one  day 
feasting  him,  and  the  next  threatening  to  kill. 

Now  Pocahontas  felt  sorry  for  the  handsome  young  stranger, 
and  was  drawn  to  him,  and  taught  him  many  words  of  the 
Indian  tongue,  and  he  told  her  of  his  people  beyond  the  sea, 
as  best  he  could,  and  so  they  became  good  friends. 


11-12.  POCAHONTAS  SAVES  CAPTAIN   JOHN 
SMITH'S  LIFE 

At  last,  after  long  deliberation,  the  Indians  decided  that,  since 
he  had  killed  one  of  their  tribe,  Captain  John  must  die,  for  this 

C*',VUxWlU~'    ^V-^o 


was  their  law.  So  they  dragged  him,  bound,,  before  the  great 
chief  Powhatan,  who  sat  in  mighty  state  surrounded  by  his 
warriors.  They  stretched  the  prisoner  on  the  ground  with  his 
head  on  a  large  stone,  to  beat  out  his  brains  with  their  cruel 
clubs.  And  it  seemed  as  though  at  last  the  gallant  Captain's 
time  had  come.  But  just  as  the  Indian  brave  was  about  to 
strike,  his  great  war  club  swinging  high  in  the  air,  Pocahontas 
rushed  forward  and  threw  herself  between  him  and  his  victim. 
With  her  own  body  she  shielded  the  Captain  from  harm,  for 
her  heart  was  moved  to  pity  for  the  stranger,  and  she  could  not 
bear  that  he  should  die.  And  now  aroused,  with  flashing  eyes 
she  waved  the  executioner  back.  Then  she  pleaded  with  her 
father  that  the  captive's  life  be  spared. 

At  once  there  was  wild  confusion  of  shouting  and  threaten 
ing,  many  crying,  "Kill,  kill!"  while  but  few  were  willing  to 


11-12.   POCAHONTAS   SAVES   CAPTAIN   JOHN 
SMITH'S   LIFE 

spare  his  life,  for  the  Indians  feared  the  white  men,  and  wished 
to  drive  them  from  the  land. 

But  Pocahontas,  as  Princess  of  the  tribe,  claimed  her  right, 
and  would  not  yield  them  up  their  victim.  Then  Powhatan, 
who  ruled  them  all,  raised  his  hand  and  stopped  their  clamor.~-«;ji 

silence  the  angry  warriors  awaited  his  decision.  For 
a  moment  he  hesitated,  and  the  fate  of  Captain  John  hung 
wavering  in  the  balance.  Then,  to  please  his  favorite  daughter, 
whom  he  dearly  loved,  he  decreed  that  she  should  have  her  will. 
Pocahontas  keep  the  stranger  as  her  own,  to  make  her 


toys,"  he  said,  for  Captain  John,  during  the  idle  days  of  weary 
captivity,  had  often  whittled  curious  playthings  for  the  little 
maid. 

And  thus  was  Captain  John  Smith's  life  saved  by  the  gentle 
Indian  girl,  and  with  it  the  Jamestown  colony,  for  without 
their  sturdy  and  resourceful  leader  the  settlers  would  have  lost 
courage  and  abandoned  the  town. 


13.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  AGAIN  FREE 
Now,  after  much   feasting,  and  with  savage  rite  and   cere- 

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mony,  JPowhatan  adopted  the  Captain  into  the  tribe,  and 
made  him  a  chief,  and  told  him  that  he  might  come  and  go 
in  safety,  as  one  of  them ;  then  gave  him  guides  to  take  him 
back  to  Jamestown,  that  the  red  man  and  the  white  should 
henceforth  be  friends,  since  Pocahontas  willed  it  so. 

And  Captain  John  thanked  the  maiden  for  the  great  service 
she  had  done  him,  and,  like  a  gallant  knight  of  old,  bent  his 
knee  and  kissed  her  hand  as  he  bade  her  good-by. 

Once  again  in  Jamestown,  he  found  the  colony  in  disorder 
and  panic.  All  were  on  the  point  of  sailing  for  home,  com 
pletely  disheartened,  for  they  thought  him  dead,  and  feared 
the  Indians.  But  again  he  put  life  into  the  enterprise,  and 
set  the  faint-hearted  to  work,  freed  from  the  fear  of  Indian 
attack,  since  Pocahontas  stood  his  friend. 


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14.    POCAHONTAS    BRINGS    FOOD    TO    THE 

COLONISTS 

Later,  when  the  settlers  were  in  sore  straits  for  food,  for  they 
were  improvident,  and  managed  badly,  Pocahontas,  always 
generous  and  friendly,  learning  of  their  needs,  came  with  her 
brother  Nantaquaus  and  her  Indians  bringing  corn,  and  kept 
them  from  starving,  while  their  own  was  growing.  Captain 
John  in  return  gave  her  beads  and  trinkets  to  deck  herself, 
and  called  her  his  child,  and  a  firm  friendship  grew  between 
them.  Often  she  came  and  went,  bringing  peace  and  welcome 
food,  quite  at  home  in  the  little  streets  of  Jamestown.  And 
Captain  John  Smith  in  his  writings  has  said  that  without  her 
help  in  times  of  dire  need,  and  without  her  influence  for 
peace,  the  feeble  colony  must  surely  have  perished,  either 
by  famine  or  by  the  hands  of  her  savage  kindred.  Much  we 
owe  to  the  Indian  maid  who  helped  so  greatly  in  the  early 
struggles  of  the  founders  of  this  great  nation. 


15.  CAPTAIN  JOHN    SMITH    GOES  IN    SEARCH    OF 

CORN 

This  pleasant  state,  however,  did  not  last,  for,  as  the  settlers 
became  more  firmly  fixed  in  the  land,  the  Indians,  fickle  and 
changeable,  grew  jealous  and  resented  their  intrusion,  and 
refused  to  sell  corn,  hoping  by  this  means  to  force  them 
away. 

Once  when  Captain  John  Smith  was  compelled  to  go  to 
them  in  search  of  food  in  the  dead  of  winter,  and  to  break 
his  way  through  the  ice  of  the  frozen  river,  they  received  him 
coldly,  with  lowering  looks,  and  only  Pocahontas  bade  him 
welcome. 

Finally  Powhatan  joined  the  discontented,  and  plotted  to 
destroy  Captain  John  and  his  friends  by  treachery. 


16.  POCAHONTAS'S    WARNING 

To  carry  out  his  plan  the  crafty  chief  proposed  to  the  Cap 
tain  that,  as  now  they  were  all  friends,  he  and  his  party  should 
leave  their  weapons  in  the  boat.  He  hoped  thus  to  attack  the 
white  men  while  they  were  unarmed. 

But  Captain  John  was  too  cautious  a  soldier  to  agree  to 
this,  and  answered  that,  since,  as  Powhatan  had  well  said, 
they  were  all  friends,  there  could  be  no  harm  in  keeping  their 
guns  with  them,  as  the  settlers  considered  them  a  part  of  their 
dress.  Then  Powhatan  planned  to  surprise  them  by  night. 
But,  just  as  his  trap  was  well  laid,  Pocahontas,  risking  her  own 
life,  stole  silently  through  the  deep  woods  in  the  dark,  cold 
night,  to  the  Captain's  tent,  and,  with  tears  in  her  eyes,  warned 
him  of  his  danger,  urging  him  to  fly. 

Thus  forewarned  he  was  on  his  guard,  and,  with  his  soldiers, 
beat  back  his  enemies  when  they  came,  and  even  forced  them 
to  bring  the  much  needed  corn,  by  threatening  to  destroy  their 
village. 

And  so  Pocahontas  saved  Captain  John  Smith's  life  for  the 
second  time. 


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17.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  SAILS  FOR  ENGLAND 
Always  watchful  and  brave,  Captain  John  Smith  worked 
zealously  to  make  the  colony  a  success.  One  day,while  return 
ing  from  treating  with  the  Indians  for  a  new  and  better  site 
for  Jamestown,  he  was  seriously  injured  by  the  accidental 
explosion  of  a  bag  of  gunpowder  in  his  boat.  His  clothes  were 
set  on  fire  and  he  had  to  throw  himself  into  the  river  to  escape 
being  burned  to  death. 

His  wounds  were  so  grievous  that  he  could  no  longer  govern 
the  colony,  and  was  forced  to  sail  for  England,  in  a  ship  just 
leaving,  to  seek  the  help  of  a  surgeon. 

On  that  day  Pocahontas,  having  heard  of  the  accident,  came 
to  the  town  with  Nantaquaus,  to  see  him.  They  were  only  in 
time  to  watch  the  ship  bearing  Captain  John  sail  away  toward 
the  open  sea.  Pocahontas  little  dreamed  that  years  would  pass 
before  they  should  meet  again. 


18.  POCAHONTAS   IS   CAPTURED   BY  ARGALL 
From  this  day,  having  lost  their  leader,  things  went  badly 
with  the  Jamestown  colonists,  for  the  dissatisfied  Indians,  no 
longer  fearing  the  heavy  hand  of  Captain  John  Smith,  attacked 
the  settlers,  and  caused  them  serious  losses. 

And  Pocahontas  came  no  more,  but  waited  for  his  coming 
again,and  waited  in  vain.  So  time  passed,  and  at  last  she  heard 
that  he  was  dead,  for  this  was  the  rumor  in  the  land.  And  she 
grieved  deeply,  and  sat  often  alone  thinking  of  him,  for  she 
had  grown  to  love  her  warrior  Captain.  Some  two  years  after 
Captain  John's  departure,  came  Argall,  an  unscrupulous  man, 
who  plotted  to  capture  Pocahontas  and  hold  her  as  a  hostage, 
to  keep  the  fighting  savages  quiet.  With  the  help  of  two  treach 
erous  Indians  she  was  induced  to  come  on  board  his  ship,  and 
once  there  was  seized  and  held  prisoner. 

Powhatan  mourned  his  daughter's  loss,  and  tried  to  ransom 
her,  but  the  crafty  Argall  would  not  give  her  up. 


19.  THE   MARRIAGE   OF   POCAHONTAS 
She  was  never  allowed  to  go  back  to  her  people,  though 
•  Nantaquaus  came  often  to  see  her  at  Jamestown.     And  here 
she  grew  to  be  a  woman,  and  learned  the  ways  of  the  Eng 
lish  women,  and  dressed  as  they  did. 

At  last  a  young  Englishman,  John  Rolfe,  captivated  by  her 
dark  beauty  and  gentle  ways,  wooed  the  Indian  maid,  and 
as  years  had  passed  since  Captain  John  had  gone  away,  and 
she  had  long  since  thought  him  dead,  she  listened  to  Rolfe, 
and  consented  to  marry  him,  that  peace  might  reign  between 
her  people  and  the  white  men. 

So  they  were  married^  in  the  Jamestown  church,  and  Nan 
taquaus  and  a  body  of  chiefs  from  her  tribe,  as  well  as  all 
the  settlers,  came  to  the  wedding.  There  was  great  joy  in 
the  town,  for  now  the  colonists  felt  that  a  good  understanding 
with  the  Indians  was  at  last  established.  And  Pocahontas,  as 
before,  was  the  tie  that  bound  them. 


20.  THE  LANDING  OF  POCAHONTAS  IN  ENGLAND 
After  this  the  colony  prospered.  Pocahontas  became  con 
tented  with  her  life  in  the  town.  And  in  time  a  son  was 
born  to  her.  Later,  Rolfe,  with  his  wife  and  child,  sailed  to 
visit  England.  Pocahontas  marveled  much  at  the  extent  of 
the  great  sea,  and  the  many  ships  upon  its  waves. 

\jLyvA  When  they  arrived  at  Plymouth  the  governor  of  the  town 

came  down  to  bid  the  Indian  Princess  welcome  to  England 

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With  her,  as  attendant,  went /Uttamatbmakkin^a  shrewd 
old  chief,  who,  in  his  war  feathers  and  Indian  robes,  attracted 
much  attention.  He  had  been  sent  by  Powhatan  to  count  the 
English,  that  he  might  learn  their  strength.  And  he  was  to 
cut  a  notch  in  a  stick  for  every  man  he  saw.  He  worked 
hard  and  fast,  but  a  whole  bundle  of  sticks  was  notched  before 
he  got  even  to  London,  where,  with  a  disgusted  grunt,  he  gave 
up  the  task.  "Too  many,"  he  said. 


21-22.   POCAHONTAS  AT   THE   COURT   OF  JAMES 

THE   FIRST 

Pocahontas's  stay  in  England  became  almost  a  triumphal 
march.  Everywhere  she  was  received  with  great  honor  as  a 
foreign  Princess,  and  entertained  with  banquets  and  recep 
tions,  and  taken  to  the  theatres  to  see  the  plays. 

Finally  she  was  presented  at  court  by  Lord  and  Lady 
Delaware,  and  formally  welcomed  with  great  pomp  and 
ceremony  by  King  James  and  his  queen,  surrounded  by  their 
following  of  lords  and  ladies,  all  arrayed  in  their  rich  cos 
tumes  of  state.  And  none  of  the  haughty  ladies  was  prouder 
or  more  stately  than  the  Indian  bride.  Throughout  London 
town  her  welcome  was  the  same.  The  people  were  curious 
to  see  this  dark  Princess  from  another  world.  And  even  the 
high  bishops,  and  the  great  lords  and  ladies,  came  down  in 
their  stately  coaches  to  visit  her  at  her  house  in  Branford. 


21-22,   POCAHONTAS  AT  THE   COURT   OF  JAMES 

THE    FIRST 

To  compliment  her,  many  taverns  and  inns  were  named 
"  La  Belle  Sauvage,"  a  name  still  to  be  found  on  old  London 
signs. 

And  as  she  had  done  so  much  to  help  the  struggling  Eng 
lish  colonists  across  the  sea,  all  wished  to  show  their  grati 
tude  by  greetings,  and  festivals  in  her  honor.  Old  Utta- 
matomakkin  received  his  share  of  attention  as  well.  In  his 
wild  dress,  with  his  tawny  skin  and  shining  black  hair,  he 
was  a  strange  sight  to  those  who  had  never  before  seen  a  red 
American.  He  was  not  at  all  impressed  by  the  king  and  his 
richly  dressed  nobles,  and  wondered  how  they  could  endure 
so  many  clothes,  and  greatly  preferred  his  own  simple  dress, 
made  from  the  skins  of  the  wild  beasts  of  his  forests. 


23.   THE   MEETING   OF   POCAHONTAS   AND   CAPTAIN   JOHN   SMITH 

And   now    Captain   John  Smith,  who,  during  But   Captain   John    excused    himself,   saying, 

all  this  time,  had  been  on  long  voyages  of  ex-  "  I  durst  not  now  allow  of  that  title,  since  the 

ploration  and  adventure,  hearing  that  Pocahon-  King  commands  that  you  be  treated  as  a  Prin- 

tas  had  come  to  England,  remembered  the  old  cess." 

times  and  all  that  the  little  Indian  maid  had  done  Then   Pocahontas   answered,  "  You  were  not 

for  him,  and  so,  attended  by  some  friends,  he  afraid  to  come  into  my  father's  country,  and  to 

went  down  to   Branford   to   greet   her.     When  cause  fear  in  him  and   all  his  people  but   me, 

Pocahontas  saw  him  a  flood  of  recollection  over-  and  fear  you  here  I  should  call  you  father  ?   I  tell 

came   her,   and   she   was    greatly   moved.     She  you  then   I  will,  and   you   shall  call   me  child, 

turned  from  him,  hiding  her  face  in  her  hand,  And  so  I  will  be  forever  and  ever  your  country- 

and   for   a  long  time  could  not  speak.    At  last  man." 

she  said,  "  They  told  me  you  were  dead."  And  then,  when  Pocahontas  had  grown  calmer, 

Then  she  reproached  him  for  calling  her  the  these  two,  after  years  of  separation,  again  sat  to- 

Lady  Rebecca,  the  name  given  her  since  her  mar-  gether,  and  talked  long  of  the  old  days  in  Virginia, 

riage,  and  told  him  that  he  should  call  her  child,  Uttamatomakkin,  glad  to  see  an  old  friend  in. 

as  he  used  to  do,  and  said,  "You  did  promise  this  strange  land,  told  how  he  had  been  com- 

Powhatan  what  was  yours  should   be  his,  and  manded  by  Powhatan  to  seek  out  Captain  John, 

he  the  like  to  you :  you  called  him  father,  being  to  know  the  truth,  if  he  still  lived,  for  they  could 

in  his  land  a  stranger,  and  by  the  same  reason  not  believe  all  the  rumors  they  heard  concerning 

so  must  I  do  you."  him. 

; 


24.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  SMITH  GOES  TO  SEA  AGAIN 
After  this  meeting  Captain  John  became  more  restless  than 
ever,  and  soon  set  sail  again.  And  when  alone  upon  the 
deck  of  his  ship  he  thought  often  of  the  Virginia  colony  for 
which  he  had  toiled,  and  risked  so  much,  and  of  Pocahontas, 
and  of  her  help  in  his  time  of  need.  No  doubt  he  saw  again 
before  him  the  little  Indian  girl  who  had  saved  his  life,  and 
the  maid  who  brought  him  succor,  and,  when  the  time  came, 
saved  him  once  more  by  her  warning.  And  his  heart  was 
warmed  with  gratitude,  and  he  wished  her  happiness  in  her 
new  life.  But  always  for  him  ambition  and  action  called. 
So  he  sailed  away  to  help  found  new  colonies,  this  time  to 
that  part  of  America  which  he  named  New  England,  and 
where  he  opened  the  way  for  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  who  after 
wards  built  a  new  Plymouth  in  the  new  world.  From  James 
town  and  Plymouth  other  colonies  spread  along  the  coast, 
until  in  time  they  joined  hands  and  formed  a  new  nation,  the 
United  States  of  America. 


25.   POCAHONTAS   LONGS   FOR   HOME 

When  Captain  John  had  gone,  the  thoughts  of  Pocahontas 
more  than  ever  turned  toward  home,  and  she  wearied  of  the 
crowded  English  land,  and  longed  for  her  native  forests  again. 
Daily  she  gazed  from  her  window  toward  the  west,  where  lay 
Virginia,  and  her  early  life.  And  she  pined,  and  thought  much 
of  the  old  days  in  her  native  wilds,  when  into  her  sunny  life 
came  the  golden-haired  stranger,  with  his  people,  and  of  the 
great  changes  that  had  befallen  her  and  her  race  through  that 
coming. 

She  often  talked  with  old  Uttamatomakkin  of  Virginia,  and 
of  Captain  John,  and  grew  more  and  more  homesick,  till  her 
husband  became  alarmed  lest  she  fall  ill  from  longing,  and  he 
tried  to  hasten  their  departure.  They  journeyed  down  to 
Gravesend,  where  their  ship  was  lying,  but  were  compelled  to 
wait  while  it  took  on  supplies  for  Jamestown. 

At  last,  however,  the  good  news  was  brought  that  the  ship 
was  ready.  Preparations  were  quickly  made  for  the  long 
voyage,  and  the  day  was  set. 


26.  THE  END  OF  THE  STORY  OF  POCAHONTAS 
Though  the  ship  lay  ready  in  the  offing,  and  the  sailors  had 
come  to  convey  them  on  board,  and  though  at  last  Pocahontas 
had  turned  her  face  toward  home,  alas !  it  was  not  to  be.  A 
sudden  weakness  overcame  her,  and  gently,  looking  toward 
the  setting  sun  and  Virginia,  she  quietly  fell  asleep,  —  to  rest 
forever  in  a  foreign  land. 

From  her  son,  who  years  after  returned  to  the  land  of 
his  birth,  many  proud  families  still  trace  their  descent.  As 
long  as  Virginia  lives  her  name  will  be  dear  to  that  state. 
And  for  us  all,  who  have  inherited  this  great  land,  this  first 
page  of  a  nation's  history,  the  story  of  Pocahontas  and  Cap 
tain  John  Smith,  with  its  echo  of  primitive  days,  its  romance 
and  dangers,  its  daring  courage  and  perseverance,  will  always 
mean  more  than  simply  a  tale  of  adventure  of  the  little  Indian 
girl  and  the  gallant  soldier. 


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